End of life treatment decisions in people with dementia: Carers' views and the factors which influence them

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1005-1008

  Potkins, Dawn ^a   Bradley, Sonia ^a   Shrimanker, Jay ^a   O'Brien, John ^b   Swann, Alan ^a   Ballard, Clive ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Dementia; End of life decisions

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0033665701     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1166(200011)15:11<1005::AID-GPS223>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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